Show william merrill of naples succumbs to cancer after long period of suffering fering word nent ent out early morning of the death of william merrill ft f naples ward who pans d away wednesday wednesday evening january I 1 from cancer of the stomach stor mr merrill has been ill for a year and anabe a to work last lost summer be was taken to the salt lake clinic and a nce july has ha crown grown orse funeral will be held januar 3 at one ocl cl cb at the naples chap L william merrill sas aa bo n augut W 3 1889 at cache cownty utah the eldest of ten children born to porter william willlam and nd harriett amelia remington arrill W hlll in the year 1878 mr merrill w h his hi pare parenti rits came to white aher and suffered the privations and hardships of the early pioneers when mr I 1 i merrill was a lad fifteen year years of age his rather father died which left the family of ten children and the widowed mother on him thia this re hr ho never shirked on october 8 1896 he married miss mar S albbert and to this happy union va ere born twelve children alesen 1 of whom are living the baby being 1 but tour four year years of ac axe mr merrill with hia his wife and family have base hied at jensen on the indian reservation and five fhe years ago moved back to naples while away mr merriu merrill was as bishop of the bluebell ward for thirteen year cars he ile A is also ditch rider for or nine yew years and road supe about that length of tine time he ile a staunch latter la day saint in the very last besides hia his devoted wife mr 1 Is survived ba tr the lol folio loIng in children mrs irene oale gale lenbow porter merrill rector mine mr mrs lucille winkler of rector mine william merrill proa mra mrs elva Manwar lag rector mine victor florence arthur lavoir sterling and winona of naples alao aw ten grandchildren and the following sisters and brothers brot lier mr mrs mary luen bee mr mrs rose flose baton vaton mrs lne goodrich Goodr mrs lydia goodrich mrs ronna mott and mr sir ilak helen n rich nich ardson twin sisters fuller ard prank merrill dellizon lif of duchesne la Is staying in vernal for the present |